Goo::Canvas, how to delete an item

[zentara <zentara1 sbcglobal net>]

Hi,
I can't figure out how to delete an item from a Goo::Canvas.
In the Gnome2::Canvas and the Goo::Canvas, items are
based on Glib::Object.
In Gnome2::Canvas, you can say $item->destroy, and it works.
In Goo::Canvas, an error is generated:
  
   "Can't locate object method "destroy" via package "Goo::Canvas::Ellipse" 

even though it is based on a Glib::Object.

I admit, that a Gnome2::Canvas::Item inherits from Gtk2::Object, which
also contains a destroy method, but shouldn't the Glib::Object destroy
be found?

I realize that the Goo::Canvas is in beta, but is there a trick I must use
to get destroy to work?

Thanks, 
zentara

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use Goo::Canvas;
use Gtk2 '-init';
use Glib qw(TRUE FALSE);

my $e1;

my $window = Gtk2::Window->new('toplevel');
$window->signal_connect('delete_event' => sub { Gtk2->main_quit; });
$window->set_default_size(680, 600);

my $vbox = Gtk2::VBox->new;
$vbox->set_border_width(4);
$vbox->show;

my $hbox = Gtk2::HBox->new(FALSE, 4);
$vbox->pack_start($hbox, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
$hbox->show;

$window->add($vbox);

my $swin = Gtk2::ScrolledWindow->new;
$swin->set_shadow_type('in');

$vbox->pack_start($swin, 1, 1, 0); 

my $cwidth = 1000;
my $cheight = 1000;

my $canvas = Goo::Canvas->new();
$canvas->set_size_request(600, 450); # minimum size on screen
$canvas->set_bounds(0, 0, $cwidth, $cheight); # scrollregion
$swin->add($canvas);

my $root = $canvas->get_root_item();
$canvas->signal_connect('button-press-event',
                      \&on_can_button_press);


my $button = Gtk2::Button->new ('Draw');
$button->signal_connect (clicked => \&clicked );
$hbox->pack_start($button, FALSE, FALSE, 10);
$button->show();

$window->show_all();
Gtk2->main;


sub clicked {

my $cur_lab = $button->get_label();
#print "$cur_lab\n";
 if($cur_lab eq 'Draw'){
     $button->set_label('Clear');
     print "Starting action\n";
     &draw(); 

  }elsif($cur_lab eq 'Clear'){
     $button->set_label('Draw');
     print "Stopping action\n";
    &clear;
 }

}

sub draw{

# item = Goo::Canvas::Ellipse->new ($parent, $center_x, $center_y,                   
#                                             $radius_x, $radius_y, ...)   
 $e1 = Goo::Canvas::Ellipse->new(
        $root, 310, 300,300, 225,
        'stroke-color' => 'black',
        'line-width' => 2,
        'fill-color-rgba' => 0x3cb3f111,
    );

return 0;

}

sub clear{  
  $e1->destroy;
  undef $e1;
  return 0;
}

sub on_can_button_press {
     my ( $widget, $event ) = @_;
#     print $widget ,' ',$event->type,"\n";
     my ($x,$y) = ($event->x,$event->y);
      print "$x  $y\n";
    return TRUE;
}

__END__


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